Cases heard before Judge Mary Lou Rup on Tuesday, June 25.
Mark Winters, 48, of Williamstown had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf on four counts of indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained age 14 and two counts of rape.
He was released on personal recognizance. The incidents allegedly occurred in Williamstown on May 7, 2012 and May 8, 2012 and involved a 21-year-old woman.
Cases heard before Judge Mary Lou Rup on Wednesday, June 26.
Lance Roberts, 25, of Pittsfield pleaded guilty to single counts of breaking and entering a building in the daytime and larceny from a building in connection to an incident in Pittsfield on July 20, 2012. He also pleaded guilty to three counts of illegal ownership of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen property over $250, two counts of receiving stolen property under $250 and a single count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card on July 22, 2012.
He was ordered to serve concurrent two year sentences at the Berkshire County House of Correction on the receiving stolen property charge. He was given concurrent 18 month sentences on the firearm charges and placed on five years probation on the other charges. In total, Roberts will serve three and a half years at the Berkshire County House of Correction.
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